The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-22
GENERAL aorr,s SPEECH
On the Resolutions Announcing the Deaf
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of john A. Logan.
Congregational Record. 4,
Mr.. Gof said: !A'i si. ts
Mr.. Speaker: We honor ourselves In
honoripg the memory Of John A. Logan.
Nothing that We can say or do to-day can
add to nor detract from tho renown Of the
distinguished dead, for It Is no LEES than
fame proclaims 1t, and II could BIO no
greater than |. Is. Those who knew him
well will cherish their recollections OF
him through life, md the nation In whose
interest no lived, for whose supremacy no
commended, will, In chiseled marble and
enduring bronze, cause him to speak with
lips that will move not, yet talk 10 those
who loved him in lie, who sincerely
mourn him In death, and to millions In.
Vulnerable OF these who, coming with tho
generations yet unborn. will honor bis
patriotism, his honesty, his sterling worth,
and will worship ct the ehrlne OF human
liberty, ut which 10 knelt with all tho
earneatnees OF bis grand manhood.
Mr.. Speaker, General Logan was the
idol Of the citizen roldiery Of the war for
the Union, and no was worthy Of their cd.
mirat!on, for he was no grand rs his cause
and as true as steel. II Is not dlsparage.
ment to our grand galaxy OF volunteer he
roes to say tina. among the many he was
the one. Aa tho magnificent imsge Of tho
Christ.God, in tho great cathedral Of Mon
reale, dominates the immensely OF the
building, as PallaB ruled supreme In the
Parthenon, and Zaus In bis Olympian
temple, go does the name OF Logan alone
transcendental stand among that throng
OF heroes, dominating as with single i'm
pulse the hearts OF those who, neglecting
all pursuits, abandoning all professions,
leaving homo, wife, children, all, OF every
creed and all parties, marched under the
banner OF tho Union into tho very jaws
OF death" and tasted of tho bitter dregs
Of the cup Of sorrow and OF pain in order
that Republican institutions might not
perish from tho lace OF tho earth.
| General Logan lived In m eyentiul
period and died In tho fullnesS Of hiS glory.
He WAS On active participant In the men,
orable strugglcs that vii! render the nine
tcenth century famous in battle and In
history. He was no laggard In the strife,
but no was always to tho front with the
hammer in bis hands. Ho was detormin-
ed In his purposes, sincere in his convic-
tons, and grand in his achievements.
Conteuding for Republican government,
he lived to zee the Constitution OF his
country cleansed OF impurities and firmly
established on the eternal principles Of
truth and Justice. He was devotee at
the sbinre OF human liberty, and no lived
to SEQ all mon free. He believed in the
education Of the people, and no lived to
see his country blessed with tho grandest
system Of free universal education that g
propitious Providence has ever permitted
the children OF men to enjoy. With all
tho earnestness OF his impulsive nature
did he love the etarry banner Of our in
dependence, the emblem OF our nations
power. and he lived to see ittypify, at last,
all that ia great in human action, all that
is grand in human thought.
It is not laudation for US to cay that in
all these stirring scenes and wonderful
changes he played q leader's part and that
ho stamped his strong individuality on
these pages, 80 grsndly written in the
book Of our history. 1t Is but common
justice for us to Concede it.
He is dead he has gone. It seems but
yesterday that he was here, that we well
coined him with the cordial greeting he
always received, and to which he was
always entitled, and now the places that
have known him 80 long and 90 we'll will
zee him not again forever, and yet he will
live here for sll time. Hs will be with us,
Mr.. Speaker, while We larry, and he will
stay after we hsve gone. He is one OF
those illustrious lives that death can not
destroy.
Loving husband, kind father, honored
statesman, grand soldier, true friend,
honest man, may your sleep in the quiet
city of the dead be the rest Of those who,
Sustained aud soothed
BY IN unlaltcriug trust, approach in their grave
Like one who wraps the drapcry OF his couch
| About him, and lies down 10 pleasant Dreams
and may the boundless mercy Of the lowfy
Nazarene, who gave US the precepts OF
your true and Christian life, and who, es
the Christ King, washed all your sins
away, save you to the eternal glories OF the
heavenly kin0Jom that epch n daotb ma